Monday, November 8, 2010

It's that time of year again! KCSB annual fund drive is happening now until November 12th. This is your opportunity to show your support for community-oriented, commercial free, independent radio, with free internet streaming 24/7/365. More info on our pledge drive here.

We offer several thank-you gifts for your donation. We accept credit card donations online. However, for cash or check donations, or to take advantage of our student discount, or if you just like talking on the phone, you may call the station at any time (805) 893-2424 this week. Operators are literally standing by to take your pledge! Literally! They just take your info and then we'll mail you an invoice. And then we'll mail your thank you gift to you, upon payment received.

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For a $50 pledge (or $25 if you're a student), you can get one of the following:

Our brand-new 2010 shirt, offered in men's or women's sizes:

or this awesome coffee mug (it's nice! It will be your favorite one, I promise!)

...or any number of CDs courtesy record labels and our music directors...

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For a pledge of $75 (or $50 if you're a student), you can get:

One of a limited number of KCSB hoodies with our 2009 logo.

Offered in mens and women's sizes.
Look how sexy this guy looks! Your friends will be envious!

If you can't afford any of the above...

We'll still mail you a copy of our fall schedule and a KCSB bumper sticker as thanks.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Vampire Weekend "I'm Going Down" originally by Bruce Springsteen
Warpaint "Ashes to Ashes" originally by David Bowie
Friendly Fires "I'm Good, I'm Gone" originally by Lykke Li
The Gossip "Are You That Somebody?" originally by Aaliyah
Ben Folds Five "Such Great Heights" originally by Postal Service
Angus & Julia Stone "Tubthumping" originally by Chumbawamba
The Morning Benders "Dreams" originally by Fleetwood Mac
Dirty Projectors "Hyperballad" originally by Bjork
Toro y Moi "Human Nature" originally by M. Jackson
CocoRosie "Turn Me On (live)" originally by Kevin Lyttle
Tricky "The Love Cats" originally by Robert Smith
-M- "Close To Me" originally by Robert Smith
Yo La Tengo "Fourth Time Around" originally by Bob Dylan - by request
Grizzly Bear "Boy from School" originally by Hot Chip
The Apples in Stereo "King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 3" originally by Neutral Milk Hotel
The Slits "I Heard It Through the Grape Vine" originally by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
The Dead Weather "New Pony" originally by Bob Dylan
Pivot "Colorado" originally by Grizzly Bear
Emmy The Great "Where Is My Mind?" originally by Pixies
Nouvelle Vague "This Is Not A Love Song" originally by PiL
Neon Indian "Deadbeat Summer" originally by Here We Go Magic
Fischerspooner "The 15th" originally by Wire
Class Actress "Terminally Chill" originally by Neon Indian
Nadja "Only Shallow" originally by My Bloody Valentine
The Postal Service "Against All Odds" originally by Phil Collins
My Bloody Valentine "Map Ref. 41N 93W" originally by Wire - by request
Lady & Bird "Stephanie Says" originally by Velvet Underground
Electrelane "I'm On Fire" originally by Bruce Springsteen
Squarepusher "Love Will Tear Us Apart" originally by Joy Division
Tiga "Burning Down the House" originally by Talking Heads

The Independent featured me in their KCSBeat column this week. Check out the article here. It made the front page of their website today. Big thanks to Colin Marshall for giving my humble little show some publicity!

Friday, April 30, 2010

I compiled a "Best of 2010 (so far)" playlist and will be debuting it on my radio show this Monday, May 3rd. In the meantime, you're welcome to get a sneak peak of some of the tracks via YouTube, in the embedded video below.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Spring break is here, so I'm covering a few shows for other DJs who are out of town. I enjoy subbing other people's shows because not only does it fulfill some of my contract obligations as a volunteer at KCSB, it also lets me play to an entirely new audience. My playlists end up being a mix of my favorite music at the moment.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

The past week, I've been falling in like with Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville" so I decided to do a playlist tribute to the 1990's. I wanted to get a little more exotic with the playlist but I'm not sure I succeeded. I feel like I'm starting to play the same bands every week.

A Twisted Valentines Day Show, mix of breakup songs and odd love songs.

The Animals "Bring It On Home To Me" from "best of the animals" Belle and Sebastian "I Don't Love Anyone" from "Tigermilk" The Mountain Goats "Woke Up New" from "Get Lonely" Feist "The Limit To Your Love" from "The Reminder" Jose Gonzalez "Lovestain" from "Veneer" Death Cab for Cutie "You Can Do Better Than Me" from "Narrow Stairs" Plants and Animals "Bye Bye Bye" from "Parc Avenue" Tom Waits "Sea of Love" from "Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards" Roger Tillison "Nobody's Lover" from "Ain't It Hard! Sunset Strip '60s Sounds: Garage & Psych from Viva Records" Yo La Tengo "Here Comes My Baby" from "Fakebook" Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "Is This Love?" from "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah" Beck "Lost Cause" from "Sea Change" Black Tambourine "For Ex Lovers Only" from "Complete Recordings" The Magnetic Fields "I Don't Want To Get Over You" from "69 Love Songs" Wilco "I'm the Man Who Loves You" from "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" Neutral Milk Hotel "Two Headed Boy" from "In an Aeroplane Over The Sea" Ben Folds Five "Song for the Dumped" from "Whatever and Ever Amen" The Stone Roses "Shoot You Down" from "the Stone Roses" The She-Brews "Leave All Your Old Loves" from "Off With Their Hearts" Starfucker "German Love" from "Starfucker" Buddy Love "Heartbreak Hotel" from "Songs the Cramps Taught Us Vol. 2" The Decemberists "Woh't Want FOr Love (Margaret In The Taiga)" from "Hazards of Love" Iggy Pop "Candy" from "Brick by Brick" The Cramps "Trapped Love" from "Flamejob" Wavves "The Boys Will Love Us" from "Wavves" The White Stripes "I Just Don't Know What To Do WIth Myself" from "Elephant" Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine" from "Extraordinary Machine" Nina Nastasia & Jim White "How Will You Love Me" from "You Follow Me" The Harvey Girls "The Book of Love" from "White Wedding" Mirah "We're Both So Sorry" from "C'mon Miracle" The Postal Service "Against All Odds" from "Wicker Park Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" Nouvelle Vague "This Is Not a Love Song" from "Nouvelle Vague" Pj Harvey "The Desperate Kingdom of Love" from "Uh Huh Her" Discovery "I Want You Back" from "Discovery" New

Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped off "Whatever and Ever Amen," their amazing second album, released in 1997 on 550 Records.

CocoRosie "Haitian Love Songs" from "La Maison de mon Reve" The Arcade Fire "Haiti" from "Funeral" Stone Roses, the "Bye Bye Badman" from "The Stone Roses" The Shins "We Will Become Silhouettes" from "We Will Become Silhouettes" Wire "Feeling Called Love" from "Pink Flag" Siouxsie & The Banshees "Slowdive" from "A Kiss In the Dreamhouse" Lykke Li "Breaking It Up" from "Youth Novels" Suicide "Che" from "Suicide" Taken by Trees "Greyest Love of All" from "East of Eden" Bearsuit "Tstm" from "Cat Spectacular!" The Blossoms of Armageddon "Seven Colours (Chord Sixish)" from "The Blossoms of Armageddon" New PJ Harvey "Rub 'Til it Bleeds" from "Rid of Me" Elliott Smith "Somebody That I Used to Know" from "Figure 8" Rondelles, the "Backstabber" from "Shined Nickels and Loose Change" David Bowie "Stay" from "Christiane F. Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo: Original Soundtrack" Freezepop "Outer Space" from "Fancy Ultra-Fresh" Request Royal Bangs "War Bells" from "Let It Beep" New New Pornographers "These Are the Fables" from "Twin Cinema" R.E.M. "Sitting Still" from "And I Feel Fine - The Best of the IRS Years 82-87" The Sleepy Jackson "This Day" from "Lovers" Elvis Perkins "She Watches Over Me" from "Ciao My Shining Star" Camera Obscura "Honey In the Sun" from "My Maudlin Career" Bon Iver "Beach Baby" from "Blood Bank EP" Request Evangelicals "Paperback Suicide" from "The Evening Descends" Asobi Seksu "Strings" from "Citrus" Cobalt "Saturday" from "One Two Twee! An Indiepop Retrospective" The Field "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" from "Yesterday and Today" Jay Reatard "There Is No Sun" from "Watch Me Fall" New Portastatic "Sour Shores" from "Still Please" The Flaming Lips "The Sparrow Looks Into The Machine" from "Embryonic"

Played the entire show off of cds instead of my laptop. Felt so old-school!

* Built To Spill "Hindsight" from "There is No Enemy" New The Starlight Mints "Coffins R Us" from "Change Remains" Destroyer "Rubies" from "Destroyer's Rubies" * Vic Chesnutt "Society Sue" from "Skitter on Take Off" New The Appleseed Cast "Mountain Halo" from "Peregrine" The Dismemberment Plan "Survey Says" from "!" The Vue "Photos of Myself" from "Photos of Myself" * Thao With the Get Down Stay Down "Cool Yoursef" from "Know Better Learn Faster" New The Walkmen "Wake Up" from "The Walkmen" * Sondre Lerche "Pioneer" from "Heartbeat Radio" New Bright Eyes "I'll Be Your Friend" from "One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels" Bright Eyes "Get Back" from "One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels" Billy Bragg "Ontario, Quebec and Me" from "Live City Sounds" * Kings of Convenience "Freedom and Its Owner" from "Declaration Of Dependence" New * Noah and The Whale "Slow Glass" from "The First Days Of Spring" New Mike Doughty "The Only Answer" from "Skittish" * Port O'Brien "Oslo Campfire" from "Threadbare" New Suede "Savoir Faire" from "Head Music" * Mason Jennings "SIng Out" from "Blood of Man" New The Decemberists "The Mariner's Revenge Song" from "Picaresque" Devotchka "How it Ends" from "How it Ends" Man Man "Doo Right" from "Rabbit Habits" * Tom Waits "Lucinda- Ain't Goin Down" from "Glitter & Doom Live" New Elf Power "Rising and Falling in a LIttle World" from "A Dream in Sound" Dr. Dog "The World May Never Know" from "Easy Beat" * Polvo "DC Trails" from "In Prism" New Lilys "You're Getting Closer" from "Precollection" The Books "That Right Ain't Shit" from "That Right Ain't Shit" The Dead Weather "New Pony" from "Horehound"